221 stories by "Liz Dyer"
Written and directed by Stephanie Silver, How To Save A Life is the story of Melissa (Heather Wilkins), who's just learned she's got cervical cancer after going to the doctor with an embarra…
Writer Kevin Mandry's new play, Eros, is a topical three-hander at the White Bear Theatreabout the female body, consent and agency, set in the 1990s at the dawn of the internet.
For swashbuckling family fun this summer, look no further than Iris Theatre's The Three Musketeers. Set at the beautiful St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, the largely open-air production ta…
Love Island meets Big Brother meets Black Mirror in Sam Coulson's Love Lab, which sees two singletons locked in a room together for seven days in an attempt to make them fall in love.
Getting over a break-up is never easy. But when you've spent ten years " a third of your life " building a future with the man who's just unceremoniously dumped you, recovery can feel like a…
Most recently seen in London with the Offie-nominated Coconut, The Thelmas makes its Edinburgh debut with Ladykiller by Madeline Gould, which opened at The Pleasance on 1 August 2018 and fea…
Miriam Gould is a theatre-maker, performer, musician and writer. This month her first solo show, Empty Room, comes to the Camden Fringe, drawing on Gould's own experience and family history,…
It might be 20 years old, but Simon Stephens' early play Bluebird could have been written yesterday " and not only because of the many very apt references to the stiflingly hot weather.
Chickenshed is a company that celebrates diversity in all its forms. Mr Stink is a story about a homeless man who's befriended by a 12-year-old girl " the only person who bothers to talk to…
Meet The Lampoons " also known as Tina Baston, Adam Elliott, Josh Harvey and Oliver Malam " who've spent the last two years sharing their own unique brand of B-movie mayhem with London audie…
Milly Thomas is a London-based actor and writer whose solo show Dust is about to transfer to the West End, following critically acclaimed runs at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and London's So…
Best known for their adaptations of literary classics, Arrows & Traps has taken a different approach in their latest production, The White Rose.
In her debut solo show Ouroboros (named after an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail, in an eternal cycle of renewal), writer and performer Charlotte Fox tackles society'…
Locked Up, a tense two-hander, is both the professional London debut of writer Heather Simpkin and the first full-length play from emerging theatre company Bear in the Air Productions.
Flesh and Bone is an affectionate, entertaining and unapologetically irreverent tribute to a community that's much more than a caricature, and has plenty to say for itself if only anybody wo…
Temperatures soar in more ways than one in Joseph Skelton's Fat Jewels, a dark and deeply unsettling tale of abuse, manipulation and mental fragility.
Next week marks a new chapter for Arrows & Traps, as they present The White Rose, the first original play written by Arrows founder and artistic director Ross McGregor.
Beautifully performed by Reice Weathers, it's essential viewing and a powerful counterpoint to the anti-refugee rhetoric to which we're so frequently and depressingly exposed.
There's a reason Circa is known as the rockstars of the circus world; the company certainly knows how to put on a great show that thrills and entertains.
Liam Ashmead and Laura Shoebottom are the co-founders of Thematic Theatre, a company they set up last year to specialise in new writing.
I'd recommend The Tempest to anyone looking for a traditional Shakespearean production with a bit of a twist. While it may not bring us any radical new interpretations of the text, it does m…
This musical differs to what we've come to expect; it's not "Dusty Springfield " The Musical" but a story written by Warner Brown featuring Springfield's catalogue of 60s hits.
Sweet, funny and with a powerful and very topical message for audiences of all ages, Knock Knock packs a surprising emotional punch.
When all the elements are brought together, the result is a show that's innovative, entertaining, and mesmerising in more ways than one " and because it's neither too long nor too scary, it'…
Light and frothy it may be, but there's something about Stepping Out that strikes a chord and may even bring a tear to the eye. But all that aside, it's also great entertainment.